THE NATAL WAR
PRESIDENT WILSON AND THE ADMIRALTY. THE SENATE INQUIRY. (By Telegraph.—Press Assn. —Copyright.) (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) WASHINGTON, May 12. Sensational disclosures were made in Mr Daniels’ evidence before the Senate Investigation Committee. The telegram which President Wilson sent to the British Admiralty disclosed that Mr Wilson was not satisfied with the way the Admiralty was directing the British Navy’s work. President Wilson was unable to understand why British experts were unwilling to allow the Washington Naval Department to tell them how things ought to be done. He considered that, the Admiralty was too cautious and failed to use its great naval superiority against the submarines. He asked Admiral Sims for an independent suggestion as if the British Admiralty did not exist. President Wilson commented in a message to Admiral Sims that the Admiralty appeared helpless to the point of panic in face of the submarine dangers. Admiral Sims’ reply to President Wilson’s telegram, according to Mr Daniels, merely recited generalities respecting what the Admiralty was actually accomplishing.
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Southland Times, Issue 18821, 14 May 1920, Page 5
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171THE NATAL WAR Southland Times, Issue 18821, 14 May 1920, Page 5
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